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History Page 4: One hundred years ago today, the U.S. declared war on Germany. One K-State student reenacts life during WWI.

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Jacob Allen, junior in history, is a World War I reenacter.

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Co-chairs are 'K-State Proud' of philanthropic campaign as year wraps up MARGO COLTRANE THE COLLEGIAN

For Maddy McClelland, K-State Proud was once this “cool” organization that she promoted on a T-shirt her older sister gave her as a Christmas present her senior year of high school. She was drawn to the philanthropic campaign and its motto of “Students Helping Students.” McClelland, junior in apparel marketing, was a 2016-17 K-State Proud co-chair, along with Davis Millard, senior in sociology, and Matt Zemanick, senior in accounting and finance. K-State Proud will soon be announcing the students who will take over the positions as co-chairs for next year. The student-led campaign, which is guided by the K-State Student Foundation, raises money for K-State students who are struggling financially to go to college.

The current co-chairs expressed this as a reason they applied for the position. “I decided to apply to be a K-State Proud co-chair after spending a year helping with the campaign as part of Student Foundation and seeing the direct impact that K-State Proud has on current students,” Zemanick said. “Through both the generosity of the K-State student body in making donations, and the gratitude of individuals who receive these donations through Student Opportunity Awards, there’s no better example of the K-State Family. I decided this is how I wanted to spend my senior year.” Throughout the year, K-State Proud hosts various events to raise money including sporting events, T-shirt sales, and Cattywampus — a fundraising concert with a different featured artist each year. Jon Bellion will be this year’s performer on April 27.

As co-chairs, McClelland, Millard and Zemanick helped coordinate volunteers for the events and served as overall leaders and directors for the campaign. This year, K-State Proud has raised over $85,000 for students, which could not have been possible without the help of the other student volunteers, Zemanick said. “I don’t view anything the campaign has accomplished this year as an individual accomplishment,” Millard said. “Sure there’s money that we raised to help keep students at K-State, but I think the true accomplishment

is continuing to educate students and faculty about our campaign and inspire them to give back in other ways than donations. Our volunteers and Student Foundation are the backbone of the campaign and without them we could not have made this year as successful as it was.” Even though these current co-chairs will be stepping down from their positions at the end of the year, they look forward to seeing what the future holds for K-State Proud. “I have so many dreams for it, but my ultimate goal is that at

some point everyone that walks through campus is somehow connected to the campaign,” McClelland said. “Whether that be through donations, through volunteering, through hearing about it in some way, shape or form, or being the recipient of one of those Student Opportunity Awards, or nominating someone, I want them to know that this campaign encompasses them as a student body and that’s why it’s there.” McClelland, Millard and Zemanick had camaraderie in each other, which helped them navigate through what they found to be a sometimes challenging job. Overall, when each co-chair looks back on their past year in this position, they said there is one way to describe how they feel: “K-State Proud.” “I’m K-State Proud because of Maddy (McClelland) and Matt (Zemanick),” Millard said. “I can’t think of two other indi-

viduals that I would have wanted to serve with in this role. Every day they brought enthusiasm and passion to the position and it inspired me to keep moving forward and do what I could to help.” McClelland, Millard and Zemanick are finishing out their year with a newfound sense of what it means to be a K-State student, all tying back to the “family” many find here. “I’m K-State Proud because I see a community around me striving to be better every day,” McClelland said. “And I see a group of people picking each other up when they’re down, and it’s the ultimate display of the K-State ‘family.’” Interviews for the next cochairs took place Sunday. The new leaders for the 2017-18 school year will be announced by April 10.

A day in the life of a future teacher: Aspiring to ‘influence young people’ CONNER SCHROCK THE COLLEGIAN

In 2022, the bell will ring to signal the start of another day for Mr. Bird and his earth science class at Blue Valley High School. Students will rush in to take their seats in a classroom filled with Grateful Dead posters and Kansas City sports memorabilia. A typical day for the earth science teacher will consist of reviewing his lesson plan he made the day before with possible topics including climate change, tectonic plates or how rocks form. Lecture will go smoothly, with minimal distractions from highly interested students. For lunch? Shrimp poppers and a side caesar salad to fuel him through the afternoon until coaching soccer practice. This will be just another day in the life for teacher and coach, Mr. Bird. At least that is what Ryan Bird, junior in secondary

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Ryan Bird, junior in education, stands with his mother and sister. education, hopes 2022 will look like. “I want to be able to influence young people the way that my teachers influenced me, and I enjoy how students keep me young and keep me laughing,” Bird said. “They’re pretty funny. I also love having summers off. It’s a dope

schedule.” All before the climate change lectures, intense soccer practices and shrimp poppers from the cafeteria, Bird sits in Bluemont Hall soaking in the type of content that he will share with students in his future classroom. Bird’s current day-to-

day schedule as a secondary education major consists of balancing classes, working a job, keeping up with an extensive workout regimen and maintaining a modest social life, which he hopes will get him to where he wants to be in five years. “I really want to teach in the Blue Valley School District, as well as coach soccer and basketball,” Bird said. Bird gained his first field experience in front of a classroom last fall at Junction City High School. “I spent two hours, three days a week at the school and helped teach a chemistry class,” Bird said. “I was surprised at how quickly I was able to connect with the students there.” Bird said being able to connect with students and being patient is important as a teacher, and that teachers need to have great interpersonal communication skills. “(Students) might stop working on you, but you can’t

stop working on them,” Bird said. “I think I can relate to a lot of the students, because I wasn’t the perfect student throughout grade school.”

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$35,000 privately-funded Willie the Wildcat statue frustrates some students KAITLYN ALANIS THE COLLEGIAN

The $35,000 price tag for the sculpture of Willie the Wildcat in the Kansas State Student Union has stirred frustrations in many students, despite the fact it was paid for by outside donations to the Union Excellence Fund. After the surprise reveal of the sculpture on March 29, students turned to Twitter where they expressed disappointment in the price, execution and quality of the statue. Sam Edwards, senior in mass communications, was one of many who wrote 140-character tweets in response to the sculpture. “My first literal thought was, ‘Burn it. Burn it with fire,’” Edwards said. “It was very off-putting and isn’t the real thing. It puts me on edge and is just cringe-worthy. My initial reaction was, ‘I absolutely hate this.’” A week later, Edwards said his initial feelings have not changed. “Every time I think about it I still get upset,” Edwards said. “That’s $35,000; that is a huge-fricken price tag for something like that. In my opinion, that isn’t worth it. The biggest

thing for me is it doesn’t even look like it’s worth $35,000.” Edwards said there are three reasons other than price that frustrate him when thinking about the sculpture: the execution, the medium and the skin color. “I get that a lot of our Willie the Wildcats are white, but I think if he were bronze it could have been any ethnicity,” Edwards said. “Keeping it a white Willie is kind of outdated and cliché.” Willie the Wildcat was just not meant to be sculpted the way the Union executed it, Edwards said. He said he would have rather seen them pay a higher price to have a respectable, bronze statue than the one currently in the Union. “I don’t know who the artist is, but I don’t think it’s their fault,” Edwards said. “I just do not think Willie fits that style. Willie was just not meant to be sculpted in that style.” Unlike Edwards, Bethany Schifferdecker, senior in political science, was not initially frustrated with the statue. “When the Union revealed the Willie statue, I did not initially have a strong reaction,” Schifferdecker said in an email interview. “I was not surprised by it as we have seen so many changes in the Union this year as it’s under-

gone renovations. It wasn’t until I heard the price of the statue that I was really shocked. Don’t get me wrong, I love Willie the Wildcat, I just can’t understand how it is worth that much.” Schifferdecker said she understands the renovations are much-needed and it is important for K-State to continually improve. “But we have to remember that with every spending decision, we choose not to spend that money on something else,” Schifferdecker said. “It doesn’t matter that the funds came from a donor. There is only a limited amount of donor funds available to the university and so the decision to use those funds on a plastic statue is still the decision not to use them on students. When I see close friends struggling to pay for tuition at the same time the university and its donors are dropping $35,000 on a statue, it feels like we have our priorities all wrong.” Kaitlin Flores, senior in psychology and a member of Union Governing Board, said the union was presented with the idea that a private donor wanted to sponsor a Willie statue photo-op. “Honestly, from only MY viewpoint, there was not a specific concern for the $35,000 price tag because it was privately funded

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A statue of Willie the Wildcat was unveiled in the K-State Student Union on March 29. The statue sits on a bench in the bottom floor of the Union. from an outside donor who chose to spend their money in this way,” Flores said in a direct message. “The money did NOT come out of university funds and was NO HARM to students at K-State. It was simply a good deed done by a private donor and the way I see it they can spend their money however they would like.” Edwards said he understands the money came from a donor, but he is still frustrated. “It still hurts me because

there are a lot of other programs on campus right now that are fighting right now for every penny they can save,” Edwards said. “So for a giant structure like the Union to go over budget, then to waste money on frivolous stuff, is just, ‘Why?’” As previously reported by the Collegian, the Union renovations were estimated to cost $25 million, but will now cost about $31 million. Most expenses are funded by a $20 per semester

student privilege fee increase for students attending the Manhattan campus. “I wish students understood that the $35,000 for the Willie statue did NOT IN ANY WAY come come out of their pockets,” Flores said in the direct message. “It was privately funded. I want everyone to just be grateful that we are fortunate enough to have received this kind gift and maybe we should think about how it would make the donor feel to have the student body literally mad at them because they tried to give a nice gift to the university and our very own K-State Student Union.” Schifferdecker said she is never opposed to improving K-State, but she has seen costs go up for students with very few additional benefits. “When we are deciding how to (improve), the first question needs to be, ‘How will this benefit students?’” Schifferdecker said. “If there is not a very clear answer to that, more thought needs to be put into the decision. We need to remember that the entire purpose of the university is to better students. If that is not the heartbeat of everything K-State does, it has lost its purpose. In my opinion, that is the case with the new Willie statue.”

Student veteran reenacts WWI life, centennial celebration today JASON TIDD

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Photo Courtesy of Jacob Allen

It is 100 years to the day since Congress declared war on Germany, thus entering the Great War. Today, the national centennial commemoration, hosted by the National World War I Museum and Memorial, takes place at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. As American politicians and military leaders share the stage with foreign dignitaries, attendees might see members of the museum’s Living History Volunteer Corps mingling with the public in doughboy and other uniforms. Jacob Allen, junior in history, is one of the volunteers who reen-

acts the lives of American soldiers and others from World War I. “We’ll mostly be mingling with the crowd,” Allen said. “As they enter and leave, we will be there as living mannequins to talk to them, talk about the gear, talk about what we’re wearing and offer our own unique perspective on the war.” Due to a bureaucratic mistake, Allen never went through the background check necessary to reenact at the centennial. He found out Wednesday — the day before he was supposed to be in Kansas City at 6 a.m. The security due to the high-profile guests also would have kept Allen’s doughboy uniform from including a rifle, dummy ammunition and a bayonet.

REENACTING LIFE

Allen and the other members of the Living History Volunteer Corps at the museum hold monthly interactive presentations and demonstrations that incorporate historical tools, activities and dress. For example, January’s event was called “Soldier’s Burden.” “That was the weight soldiers have to carry, and one of the things (we) did was we had the pack, which is the worst pack the United States Army has ever designed, ever issued, ever fielded, ever,” said Allen, an eight-year Army veteran. “Bar none, I’ve tried them all, this one sucks.” “People would come by, and a little kid would try to put this thing on, and the pack probably

weighs as much as they are and is probably as long as they are tall anyway, and so it’s pretty funny,” Allen continued. “Then you hand them the helmet, and they put the helmet on. And it’s funny getting reactions from kids, because sometimes you get big smiles, or they don’t respond or other times they look at you like, ‘Why the heck is this guy dressed this way?’” Some reenactors take on a personality or first-person character role while “in uniform,” but Allen does not. Some reenactors take on a personality or first-person character role while “in uniform,” but Allen does not. see page

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Assistant director of bands ‘leaves it better than he found it’ ties consisted of creative work, including arranging music, writing drills and planning the marching band’s field work. Linn also taught undergraduate and graduate level courses including marching band techniques, arranging and conducting, where no two days were ever exactly the same. “The truth is you work very hard at this job and work long hours,” Linn said. “It’s not uncommon to put in a 70-hour work week, but I’d rather work 70 hours doing this than working 40 hours in a job I didn’t like.”

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“Leave it better than you found it.” After spending seven years as the assistant director of bands, Don Linn is stepping down from the position to pursue his doctorate of musical arts in conducting at the University of Oklahoma. Linn said he hopes he is leaving the Kansas State bands better than they were seven years ago. The mindset to leave things better than he found them stems from one of the many philosophies of Frank Tracz, professor and director of bands. “One of the biggest philosophies I adopted when I came here is one of Dr. Tracz’s, which is ‘leave it better than you found it,’” Linn said. “‘Leave it better than you found it’ can apply in a very small sense, so if you go into a room and there’s trash laying around, you pick it up and take care of it.” “But in the larger sense, if you can come in someplace and affect people positively and leave your mark on something, leave a program better than you found it, leave a group of people better than you found it, and if you could affect some sort of change for the positive, then it’s great,” Linn continued. “The power in that philosophy is that it’s simple, it’s clear and it has a lot of truth to it.” Linn, who was assistant director when the K-State Pride of Wildcat Land won the Sudler Trophy, said he can only hope he left the bands better than where

NOT AN EASY PLACE TO LEAVE

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Assistant director of bands Don Linn directs the K-State Marching Band during the football game between K-State and KU on Nov. 28, 2015, in Lawrence. they were seven years ago. “I’d like to think that I did leave things better than I found them, which is difficult to do with a program that already has so much national prestige, that’s already great with numbers and growth,” Linn said. “The culture I came into was so strong already, and that was established by Dr. Tracz. But since I’ve been here we’ve experienced continued success, so the goal was met. We didn’t take steps back, we took steps forward. I’d like to think I contributed to that.” Linn said he never thought

he would have the opportunity to be a part of a Sudler Trophy winning band — the highest achievement a college band can earn — and he hopes his contribution to the award was significant. “One of the things I think contributed to (the award) was Dr. Tracz and I both working in the same direction and working so well together,” Linn said. “I feel in these past seven years we really got to define the style of the KSUMB in sort of a definitive look and feel. Their look, their sound — so unique, so solid, clear, consistent and entertaining,

which really helped us be recognized on a national level. I’m not saying I did that, but everything here is a group effort.” Tracz said the Sudler Trophy was not earned in the last seven years, but over the last 40 or 50. “It takes a long, long time to win a Sudler Trophy,” Tracz said. “But as we got closer to it, and as we got developed and as we started to put the right pieces together, Mr. Linn made a great contribution to the Sudler Trophy.” Linn’s major responsibili-

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Leaving the people of the K-State bands is one of the hardest choices Linn has ever had to make. “I’m going to miss everyone here tremendously,” Linn said. “The atmosphere in the K-State bands is a unique one. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a place where the students are as caring, hard-working and thoughtful. That struck me immediately; it wasn’t something that I had to sort of seek and find out and get to know. These students here

are unique in how much they care and how much passion they have.” Sarah Grose, junior in music education, said she is “selfishly sad” Linn is leaving K-State because he was the first person who believed in her, but knows he will continue to positively impact others. “He believed in me, not only as a player, but as a person,” Grose said. “He made me feel like I had something unique and special to offer to the band program.” Grose said Linn continued to push her and other music students to do better, become better and make everything else better. He pushed them to strive for more and showed her and the other students how each person and player is unique. “He makes us want to do better and leave things better than we found it,” Grose said. “The impacts he makes are going to be incredible; we know because the impacts he made here have been incredible. I just hope he knows he left K-State better than he found it and how he has inspired many musicians for years to come.”

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Sweeps and slides: Big 12 baseball power rankings RILEY GATES

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1. TCU (23-5, 8-1) (LAST WEEK: 2) (NEXT: MURRAY STATE)

Since the last power rankings, TCU swept Kansas State in Manhattan and also picked up a 5-4 win over UT Arlington. The Horned Frogs are quickly off to a nice start and definitely look like a team, early, that could win the conference.

2. OKLAHOMA (26-6, 4-2) (LAST WEEK: 3) (NEXT: AT TEXAS)

Oklahoma took two games out of three against Texas Tech recently, and picked up a nonconference win against Oral Roberts at home. The Sooners also kept their run efficiency

up, scoring six, four, five and six runs in those four games.

to contend, but definitely can make some noise.

3. TEXAS TECH (26-6, 4-2) (LAST WEEK: 1) (NEXT: BAYLOR)

5. KANSAS (13-15, 3-3) (LAST WEEK: 7)

(NEXT: AT WVU)

Kansas started out very slow with a 1-2 record in conference play, but has since rattled

It’d be inaccurate to say that Texas Tech fell out of the conference race after dropping two out of three to TCU. The Red Raiders have just one loss more than TCU, but losing two out of three to a conference contender is not a great way to make your case in this battle.

7. BAYLOR (19-9, 2-4) (LAST WEEK: 6) (NEXT: LAMAR) Sabrina Cline | THE COLLEGIAN

Senior third baseman Josh Ethier fields and throws the ball to first base during the K-State game against TCU at Tointon Stadium on April 1.

Thursday news briefs FUTURE | Love for kids and early inspiration DANIELLE COOK THE COLLEGIAN

The Riley County Police Department received a social media message Wednesday morning containing “a picture of someone pulling a gun from a backpack and a second picture with the caption, ‘Don’t come to school tomorrow,’” threatening students and faculty at Manhattan High School West Campus, according to a press release from RCPD. An investigation determined the message was sent from a former MHS student, who now lives out-of-state, and therefore is not considered a valid threat. However, the

investigation of the threat will continue with the help of “outside agencies to make contact with the suspect,” the press release said.

Kansas State University Police, K-State Environmental Health and Safety, Manhattan Fire Department and Riley County EMS responded to a construction site accident after 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to a press release from K-State News and Communications Services. Reportedly, a worker was injured due to a fall at the construction site and was taken to Via Christi Hospital. The accident is under investigation.

6. TEXAS (20-12, 4-5) (LAST WEEK: 5) (NEXT: OU)

As mentioned, KU took two out of three from Texas so it was a rough week for the Longhorns on the diamond. Texas would end up beating Sam Houston State, 8-1, in an attempt to right the ship before a series against Oklahoma.

4. WVU (16-10, 4-2) (LAST WEEK: 4) (NEXT: MOREHEAD STATE)

West Virginia is still hanging tough early in the Big 12 race after two wins over Oklahoma State and a win against Marshall. The Mountaineers seem to be out of the core three

off two wins against Texas and picked up a nonconference win against Missouri State. The Jayhawks are on the upward trend.

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Blocks are similar to student teaching, but more geared towards testing the knowledge acquired through education classes. Mackenzie Nelson, senior in special education, is currently teaching blocks. “In my blocks I teach math, literacy and social studies,” Nelson said. “I love getting to know the kids in my class, and my favorite part of the day is when they all run up to me with hugs and say, ‘Hi, Miss Nelson.’” Riley Clark, junior in secondary education, has known for a long time that education was his strong suit.

“Growing up, I had always known that I liked working with youth and working with peers,” Clark said. “During high school I had two really great professors, Mr. Ballew and Mr. Wilson, which were very influential in my becoming of a teacher. They chose to take an investment in me and saw potential in me, which was great.” Nelson said her love for kids is something that is typically synonymous among education majors. “It is aways my favorite part of my week, and something I look forward to,” Nelson said. “It makes me so much more excited to become a teacher every time I go.”

Baylor traveled to Seattle to square off against the Washington Huskies in a three-game series that it lost two games in. The Bears did not lose any conference games, though, so they

did not fall further out of that race.

8. OKLAHOMA STATE (16-11, 1-5) (LAST WEEK: 8) (NEXT: AT WSU)

A 1-2 record in three games saw Oklahoma State slip further down in the conference race. Anything can still happen this early, but it’s beginning to be very tough for the Cowboys to come back from this.

9. KANSAS STATE (1513, 0-6) (LAST WEEK: 9) (NEXT: AT OSU)

Home field was not enough of an advantage for K-State as it was swept by TCU in three games. The Wildcats might be able to steal a win or two from fellow struggling Oklahoma State, but things are bad in their world.

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Construction begins again at Bill Snyder Family Stadium

Emily Starkey | THE COLLEGIAN

Construction vehicles on the west side of Bill Snyder Family Stadium lay concrete.

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When walking out the doors of the Vanier Family Football Complex onto the north concourse, it all hits at once; the size and vastness and yet the elegance and charm overwhelms the senses. Jeremy Niederwerder, associate athletics director for facilities, offers to take a look at the new construction updates happening in the stadium, so that when going out those doors, it all hits again. But unlike many times before, a limestone wall now surrounds part of the field; another addition to the puzzle of Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The west side of the stadium under the press box looks nearly finished, with the personalized capstones the only stones missing. However, as one scans across the stadium, the progress is less apparent, and layers are still needed below the wall. “Weather is construction’s biggest enemy,” Niederwerder said. “Over the last two weeks we’ve had I think just over six inches of rain or something, so that’s kind of prohibited construction a little bit, but we’re

back on track.” Despite the weather delays in recent weeks, Niederwerder said the wall project is actually ahead of schedule. The drainage and layers of cement have been laid, all that is left is the “vertical construction,” or as Niederwerder put it, “the fun stuff.” “The rest of the work will really go fairly quick,” Niederwerder said. “Now that we have that underground work complete, we’re coming out of the ground and we’re starting to see the fun stuff instead of the stuff that’s just underground.” The project to construct the wall around the field is just the fourth phase in the construction efforts on the stadium. Phases three and three B included large-scale improvements, consisting of a brand new Vanier Football Complex and major renovations to the north side of the stadium. Phase five is more subtle than past phases, but interim athletics director Laird Veatch said the new additions, including the limestone wall around the field, will be impactful.

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Running backs look to emerge in 4-way competition for starting spot next season AVERY OSEN

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There are many storylines this offseason for the Kansas State football team, but one of the most watched will be who will win the running back position. There are four players vying for the spot: Alex Barnes, Dalvin Warmack, Justin Silmon and Mike McCoy. “(McCoy) could fit in with the pack, but he would have to mature a great deal for that to happen. He does have the skill level though,” head coach Bill Snyder said at the press conference on Tuesday. “I have been very pleased with (Barnes) and (Silmon),” Snyder continued. “Both of them have done a tremendous job. (Warmack) has been banged up a little bit and has not had a way of repetitions, but he will fit into the mix. I think the three I mentioned first. McCoy can, he has the capabilities, but it is just

a matter of him understanding what this is about. He just has to mature a little bit.” Last season the Wildcats were led in rushing yards by quarterback Jesse Ertz, followed by running back Charles Jones. Silmon averaged almost 5.5 yards per rush last year and got the most opportunities of the players up for the position this

season. Barnes seemed to really get things figured out by the latter part of the season and averaged nearly eight yards per carry, but said whether he starts games this upcoming season is irrelevant. “It’s about who ends, and that’s what I’m focusing on,” Barnes said. “I’ll be willing to

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Freshman running back Alex Barnes cheers after a Wildcat touchdown during the football game between K-State and Oklahoma State in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Nov. 5, 2016.

step in at any point in a game to help and get a win.” Barnes said the position is just as competitive as it usually is. “We’ve been taking reps with the ones and had some others take some as well,” Barnes said. “We are all really close with each other, so it doesn’t make it tough to compete against one another.” Snyder is still trying to see who will win the job, just like everyone else. “You would like to see somebody separate themselves,” he said. “(Barnes) intended to move in that direction toward the end of the season. I have been impressed during the spring. It has been very competitive between him and (Silmon). We scrimmaged yesterday and both of them had very fine scrimmages. It is back to being very competitive.” The Wildcats’ spring game will take place inside Bill Snyder Family Stadium at 1:30 p.m. on April 22.

WWI | History still relevant to today’s students continued from page

“I don’t see the need,” Allen said. “I feel like that puts an artificial buffer between you and the people you are here to educate. Yes, you can give them a lot of information, but it’s hard for someone in a first-person role to then — especially when you’re trying to explain things — do it in a way they can understand and relate to.” When reenacting, Allen uses a table display of weapons the U.S. Army used in World War I to physically show how unprepared the military was for the war. “I will try to link that to events that have happened since 1918, and if you’re in a first-person role, you can’t do that, you’ve got to stick to the role you’re in,” Allen said. Allen’s table display includes eight or nine weapons, mostly

rifles. The U.S. Army used all of them during the war, Allen said, because it did not have enough of its own. When not behind a weapons display, Allen uses other parts of his uniform to explain the degree to which the U.S. military was not prepared for the war: “This helmet, it’s the British helmet. Why? Because when we entered the war we had a hat. Hats are great, until you get pieces of metal hitting you in the head. See this gas mask? This was a British gas mask. We didn’t have a gas mask.” He does not make the point for any political reasons, such as a defense of government military spending. He makes it to educate, calling himself a historian, not a politician. “It’s probably the No. 1 thing people should know about the American experience in

World War I because our unpreparedness would impact everything through the war,” Allen said. “How soldiers were equipped, how they were trained, how they were used, why we took so many casualties.” Significance of World War I Allen pointed out that in 18 months of involvement in World War I, the U.S. military took more casualties than in 10 years of the Vietnam War. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, combining U.S. combat deaths, other deaths in the theater of war and non-mortal woundings, there were 257,404 casualties in World War I and 211,523 in the Vietnam War. Visitors frequently ask about World War II, Allen said, because it had a greater impact on pop culture and national identity. They also ask why they should study World War I.

“Turn on the news, and you’ll see something that links back directly to World War I,” Allen said. “You don’t see that as much with other wars. ISIS — direct result of the end of World War I — problems with the border with Mexico ... the budget ... presidential power, it all links back to World War I.” Allen came to K-State by way of Fort Riley after serving as a specialist in the 82nd Airborne and later the 1st Infantry Division. The 1st Infantry Division Band from Fort Riley is participating in today’s commemoration ceremonies in Kansas City, Missouri. Allen said he wants to either work in a museum or as a teacher after he earns a master’s degree. “History has always interested me,” Allen said. “I see history as the story of us, how we got here, what’s driving what we see.”